Rigging for sails



(No Model.)

P. M. WILSON. RIGGING FOR SAILS.

N0. 45'5 ,030. Patented June 30, 1891.

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NIT-ED STATES FREDERICK M. IVILSON, OF PORT JEFFERSON, NEl V' YORK.

RIGGING FOR SAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,030, dated June 30,1891'.

Application filed March 2, 1891- Serial No. 383,363- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port J eiferson, in the county of Suffolk and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rigging forSails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to reef-cringles and the manner of connecting themto a sail.

I do not contemplate any material alterations or improvements in therigging proper, my invention being applicable to all kinds of sails inwhich clews and cringles are usually employed.

The subject-matter claimed is hereinafter designated.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is aside elevation of a portion of a sail with myimproved cringles applied.Fig.2 is a detail view of the cringle detached from the sail, butshowing the manner of attaching the ropes. Fig. 3 is a detail View inperspective of the cringle.

Cringles in general use consist of a piece of rope passed around agrommet or thimble bearing with one side against the outer side of thebolt-rope of the sail, and through eyelets in the sail, one piece ofrope and one grommet being placed above the other. My inventionconstitutes an improvement on this form of cringle.

In carrying out my invention I form a cringle, preferably of a singlepiece of metal having a general triangular shape, the framepiece a beingbent at itslower end at about an angle of forty-five degrees. At eachend and these eyelets are connected by a central connecting-piece d. Theupright ropes at the edge of the sail are connected to the eyelets b o.The loops of the ropes where they are connected to the eyelets be arepreferably provided with thimbles or bushings c. A bracing-rope e isconnected to the connecting-piece d, and is secured to a re-enforcingstrip f, secured to the sail, and preferably extending over four or moredivisions thereof, or cloths, in an upwardly-inclined direction. Therope e is preferably tapered down from its outer to its inner end. Nearthe edge of the re-enforcing piece are formed grommets g on oppositesides of the rope e, and fastening devices or seizings h extend throughthe grommets and firmly hold the rope e at this point.

. In Fig. 1 of the drawings one reef of the sail is shown taken in andsecured to the boom. The cringle, which rests on the boom, is fastenedthereto by a securing-rope 2'.

It will thus be seen that there is a strong but flexible connectionbetween the rope and the cringle, and there is no danger of breaking orchafing or wearing away of any particular part of the rope. In additionto this, the liability of tearing the sail is reduced to a minimum, thesail being re-enforced near the point of attachment of the cringle, andthe rope which is attached to the cringle extends part way across thesail and is attached thereto at different points, so that the strain onthe rope is distributed. WVhen a reef is taken in, as indicated in Fig.1, the lower side of the triangular cringle lies parallel with the boom,and the securing-rope 2' may be passed around it and securely hold it inposition. The lower horizontal part of the cringle-iron is preferablyflattened, as shown, to provide a better bearing for the securing-ropei.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described criugle, having atriangular shaped frame formed with a straight horizontal lower end, andwith rings or eyelets b a, connected at their inner ends by a centralconnecting-piece d.

2. The-combination, substantially as hereinbefore setforth, of a sail, asectional boltrope, a series of cringles, each formed with two rings oreyelets connected to the boltrope of the sail, and each havingaconnectingpiece between the rings or .eyelets and a frame-piececonnected to the rings, a series of re-enforcing pieces secured to thesail, and stay-ropes secured to the re-enforcing pieces and attached tothe connecting-pieces of the cringles between the rings or eyeletsthereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FREDERICK M. WILSON.

YVitnesses':

LLOYD B. WIGHT, HARRY STARRETT.

